Turing, Alan


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  1. (1912-54) a British MATHEMATICIAN and computer scientist, who developed ideas which were later used to build the first electronic computer, and which also influenced the development of the study of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE . During World War II he helped to find out the meaning of the German military CODE s (= secret writing system used for sending messages) .
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